T.J. Miller: Bio, Comedy Style, and Where to Watch

Who is T.J. Miller?

T.J. Miller was born Todd Joseph Miller on June 4, 1981, in Denver, Colorado. He graduated magna cum laude from George Washington University with a degree in psychology, where he also performed for four years with the improv comedy group receSs. After college he moved to Chicago and performed improv and stand-up for nearly four years without taking a night off, including two years touring with The Second City. He was named one of Variety’s Ten Comics to Watch. He then moved to Los Angeles.

He became widely known for playing Erlich Bachman on HBO’s Silicon Valley (2014–2017), a role that earned him a Critics’ Choice Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series. He played Weasel in Deadpool (2016) and its 2018 sequel. His other film credits include Transformers: Age of Extinction, Ready Player One, Underwater, and Cloverfield. He voiced Tuffnut in the How to Train Your Dragon films and DreamWorks Dragons television series, and Fred in Big Hero 6. His stand-up specials include No Real Reason on Comedy Central, Meticulously Ridiculous on HBO, Dear Jonah on YouTube, and The Philosophy Circus (2024). He is currently on his Touring in Perpetuity Tour, with dates running through 2026.

T.J. Miller’s Comedy Style

Miller is a maximalist — his stand-up is riff-heavy, improvisational, and absurdist in a way that makes each show genuinely different from the last. He has built an entire personal philosophy around the idea that no two shows are the same, and he means it: crowd work, physical comedy, sound effects, and philosophical tangents about time and death anxiety coexist in the same set. His Facebook bio notes he “died in 2010,” which is accurate to the spirit of how he approaches his own mythology.

Where to Find T.J. Miller

All specials are available on their respective platforms. Find tour dates at tjmillerdoesnothaveawebsite.com.

T.J. Miller has performed at the Comedy Cellar in New York City’s Greenwich Village. Check the current lineup and upcoming shows at comedycellar.com.

Catch Comedy Cellar shows live from New York on Mint Comedy at watch.mintcomedy.com.